Registration for GEMS 2013

2013 GEMS Conference

Girls in Engineering Math and Science

Saturday, February 9, 2013
8:00am - 12:30pm

Program Description

District 211 will host a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) conference for girls in 5th and 6th grade and their parents. The purpose of this conference is to educate girls about careers in STEM, and introduce girls to female role models from industry and the five high schools in District 211. Parents are also invited to attend the conference. There will be a separate program for parents. The purpose of the parent program is to discuss how to prepare girls for STEM courses in high school, college, and STEM related careers.

Girls will learn about STEM careers by actively participating in hands-on sessions. These activities will be taught be women in fields such as structural design, polymers, technology, geology, and mathematics. Some of the presenters include women from the American Chemical Society, Stepan Chemistry, and Northwestern University. Girls will also receive a goody bag full of STEM information.

Parents will attend sessions that help them understand the necessary skills girls need to be successful at the high school level and college level. They will also have a chance to discuss questions with a girls’ discussion panel.

Raffle prizes will be given away during the closing remarks. These prizes, along with the goody bags, were generously given to our conference by organizations such as Sargent-Welch, Steven Spangler Science, and Holt McDougal. We are grateful to all those who support our program.

Registration will begin on December 1 and close on January 17.  For more information, please contact Terri Busch via her email address tbusch@d211.org

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GEMS REGISTRATION 2013

The Goggle Song

Students sing a third round of the famous "Goggle Song".

Raffle

Sue Bober and Tanya Katovich call the names of the dozens of lucky girls who won prizes at the end of the conference.  

Polymers

Buoyancy

Density Bottle 2

Density bottle

Forensic science

Students learn how to search for fingerprints from Holly Groff of the Schaumburg Police Department.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

Courtney Buss, Project Lead The Way teacher at CHS, worked with the girls on designing three dimensional objects using Inventor software.

Food Science

A representative from Fisher Nuts explains the science behind the growing, processing and testing of their food products.

E-Club

The CHS E-Club brought their electric car to the conference.

D211 Math Department

Mary Thomas, district math department chairperson, presented this morning.

Electricity

D211 Science Department

Hands on with a robot

A student learns how a robot takes commands from the remote control.

Saint Alexis

GEMS Conference 2012 has begun

The 2012 GEMS Conference began at 7:45am with the Career Expo on both floors of the new science atrium at Conant High School.  Dozens of presenters are providing hands-on activities related to math and science careers to our local fifth and sixth grade girls.

GEMS registration is closed

The GEMS Conference registration closed on January 17.

The GEMS Conference will be held on February 11.  More information will be posted soon.  Check your email for more news and information regarding the GEMS Conference if you registered this year.